In the 7th century BC it was a Thassian colony called Neapolis and later it joined the Athenian Alliance.

It gains great prosperity during the Macedonian rule, after Philip II has annexed it, its harbor serving Filippi.The Romans upgraded the major commercial port by having Via Egnatia run through it but at the same time it was made the target of Goth and Hun raids.

Apostle Paul comes to Neapoli to preach the Christian faith in Europe.

Byzantine times, when the town was given the name "Christoupolis" as a prosperous period; however, Normand ravages and Turkish occupation put an abrupt end to it.The important monuments of the old aqueduct, nowadays known as Kamares, dates from that period.

Monday, November 14, 2011

I'm a melancholy man, that's what I am,All the world surrounds me, and my feet are on the ground.I'm a very lonely man, doing what I can,All the world astounds me and I think I understandThat we're going to keep growing, wait and see.When all the stars are falling downInto the sea and on the ground,And angry voices carry on the wind,A beam of light will fill your headAnd you'll remember what's been saidBy all the good men this world's ever known.Another man is what you'll see,Who looks like you and looks like me,And yet somehow he will not feel the same,His life caught up in misery, he doesn't think like you and me,'Cause he can't see what you and I can see.